1w ago - Following up on their previous update, PlayStation 3 developers Estwald and D_Skywalk have updated the PS3 backup game manager known as Iris Manager to version 2.42 with the changes detailed below.

Download: Iris Manager v2.42 for v4.XX PS3 CFW / Iris Manager v2.42 (Animated Icon) / GIT

IrisManager is a port of HermesManager based on PSLIGHT, Tiny3D, PS3Soundlib and OpenPS3FTP, is a completely legal open code manager made with PlayStation 3 homebrew tools.

Supports PS3 Custom Firmwares: 3.41 (Hermes), 3.55 (Kmeaw), 4.21 & 4.30 CEX (with LV1 access, like Rogero or Rebug), 4.31 CFW, 4.21 DEX, 4.40 CEX MLT and 4.41CFW.

Iris Manager v2.42 Changelog, roughly translated: Version 2.42

What's New in version 2.42:

• Fixed crash when detecting between CFW 4.40 and CFW 4.41.
  

(Thanks to Rancid-o for the fix and LoboGuara for the notification)

1w ago - Following up on their previous update, PlayStation 3 developers Estwald and D_Skywalk have updated the PS3 backup game manager known as Iris Manager to version 2.41 with the changes below.

Download: Iris Manager v2.41 for v4.XX PS3 CFW / Iris Manager v2.41 (Animated Icon) / GIT

Iris Manager v2.41 Changelog, roughly translated: New: Version 2.41

1) Italian language update (thanks to AlexanderPs3Mod)

2) Added Simplified and Traditional Chinese languages support ​​(thanks Liqianyu)

3) Added syscall 879 emulation (Bd Media ID) for DiscLess Payload

4) Improved discless mode in 3.55, 4.21 and 4.30 CEX CFW. With a USB device, it mounts on exit; without USB device, use the "PS" in Iris Manager to display the disc. If your CFW requires mounting a USB device for disc-less, remember that pressing START (Global Options) and then SELECT display and record the generated Event ID.

5) Added fixed DEX...

2w ago - Following up on Iris Manager v2.40, this weekend Italian PlayStation 3 developer Rancid-o has shared a fork of the PS3 homebrew application dubbed PS3ITA Manager v1.00 with the new features and changes detailed below.

Download: PS3ITA_Manager_v1.00.pkg / PS3ITA_Manager_v1.00.zip (Source Code)

To quote, roughly translated: We are delighted to announce the first public release of our backup manager: Ps3ita Manager.

Ps3ita Manager was not created from scratch, on the contrary, is a simple fork of Iris Manager, initially for fun and then by the need to include some essential functions (fix for the error 0 × 80010009) for our cfw (and not only..)

Gradually, the project has caught on, other changes were made to the manager, until the meat to the fire was enough to justify a first release .. It was not created anything revolutionary.. but we think that some additions can be enjoyed by more people..

Changelog v1.0, 12/05/13: Based on Iris Manager 2.40

New Features:

• Added...

2w ago - Following up on their previous revision as hinted HERE, PlayStation 3 developers Estwald and D_Skywalk (with assistance from Miralatijera) have updated the PS3 backup game manager known as Iris Manager to version 2.40 with the changes detailed below.

Download: Iris Manager v2.40 for v4.XX PS3 CFW / Iris Manager v2.40 (Animated Icon) / GIT

Iris Manager v2.40 Changelog, roughly translated: New: Version 2.40

1) Updated Italian language (thanks AcidBuRn1)

2) Fixed error in the definition of a variable in the FTP which made the console will turn off when not using the remote, but was transferring files

3) Further improvement for PSX emulator that eliminates the need to modify usleep() changing it to a method that allows syscalls redial as often as desired [crappy] (and thus be able to step calls...

2w ago - Today PlayStation 3 homebrew developer spacemanspiff has released OpenSCETool (OSCETool) v0.9.2 which is an open-source clone of the original SCETool followed by the SCETool source code by naehrwert with details below.

Download: OpenSCETool (OSCETool) v0.9.2 / GIT / SCETool Source Code / GIT

To quote: OpenSCETool is a clone of scetool under an open source license. SCETool was reverse engineered and analized to produce this program, and copied his behaivour.

OpenSCETool (OSCETool) Changelogs:

Version 0.9.2

• Fixed rap/rif/idps/act.dat management. Now it works fine.
  

Version 0.9.1

• Fixed a segfault decrypt some SELFs.
  
• Added option -p to patch the sys_process_param when signing an ELF. This is the same as applying FixELF.exe before signing.
  
• Added support to klics.txt. If the klicensee is not specified, it is looked up in the data/klics.txt automatically (only for decrypt).
  

Version 0.9.0

• First...